A brilliant cRPG, that got even better in this edition thanks to the many solved bugs and the introduction of an "official" turn based mode during fights.

SD Gundam Battle Alliance is a fun little game with an intriguing battle system and tons of fanservice.

Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is without any doubt the best Naruto's game on the nextgen platforms. However its gameplay has several problems and this could be a reason why the people who don't know Naruto can't fully enjoy the game.

Sayonara Umihara Kawase is weird, slow and quite frustrating but it's also a true display of smart level design and physics. Too bad it's short and quite expensive as well.

A mix between Animal Crossing and Pokémon finally arrives on PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.

TT isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 is a pretty solid racer, with a very fast and challenging gameplay, some really nice landscapes and a compelling career mode.

Contract Killer Zombies is good as a mere distraction, but when the time comes for you to pay real money to go on, you might have already grown tired of it.

Soul Hackers was definitely born in the '90s and it shows at times. Although the narrative is good as usual and the RPG features are kinda interesting, the clumsy interface and the archaic visuals make it less appealing than it was on its early release.

RIDE 4 comes with some new features that make the experience even richer and more engaging. The new career appears to be solid as it leads us through a long path that becomes gradually more complex and multifaceted.

Comic Jumper is an incrediblt well crafted game, which has too many design issues. Frustration may overwhelm the sheer amount of irony and good graphics.

A.O.T. Wings of Freedom is a surprisingly solid tie-in, engaging and spectacular in some of its mechanics.

Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword is a compelling action game which favors good reflexes and thinking over simple button mashing. The demanding but entertaining gameplay and a fantastic japanese flavor make for another killer application for Nintendo's eShop.

Clash of Clans is a decent casual game that doesn't bring anything new to the genre, just like many others available on the App Store.

Imps in Tokyo does a pretty good job in terms of atmosphere and design, but it suffers from some bad touch controls.

Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch is pretty solid and rich for a mobile game. Unfortunately the Enhanced Edition is for PC but might still be worth a try.

Quotation forthcoming.

Random and repetitive as it can be, it's incredible how Out There: Omega The Alliance abduct the player inside the desperation of exploration in the deep space.

The Darkest Tales brings brilliantly to life a twisted version of our childhood's fairytales with a combat system similar to the one of Hollow Knight.

Dordogne had enchanted us with his beautiful watercolors, able to fully represent the open, sunny and carefree spirit of the French countryside of the southwest, lulled by the calm and quiet waters of the Dordogne River. Unfortunately, however, the adventures of Mimi turned out to be very uninspiring, both from the point of view of the plot (all in all forgettable) and the gameplay, confined to minigames of mediocre quality.

The last chapter in temporal order of the Great Climate Catastrophe trilogy of Demagog Studio so far is an intense adventure with a powerful message. The Cub, with its post-apocalyptic parkour, is the perfect way to start this 2024: don’t miss it.

Quotation forthcoming.

De Blob 2 is not just a better game than its predecessor, it's also a very competent platform game with many appealing elements for both the young and the experienced audience.

Despite a few new ideas, which don't always work as expected, Dead Rising 4 does not show huge improvements to the original formula: It's a fun game with a bunch of problems and nothing more.

Darwin Project is a solid, interesting battle royale. Visually inspired by Fortnite, the game introduces some nice ideas to deliver a pretty unique experience.

Plants Vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville comes to Nintendo Switch, with a really great conversion.

Shadow Warrior is far from being perfect but you shouldn't miss it if you love old school shooters with many abilities and a lot of blood.

WRC 10 could be a simple DLC for the previous game of the series, but the developers chose to make an entire new software with just some small changes and a few new features including next-gen support.

Forgive Me Father is not a bad game and knows how to give good moments, which will surely be appreciated by fans of the genre to which it belongs, that of vintage first-person shooters. Too bad that the many ingenuities of the development team are evident, which failed to avoid some design shortcuts or the use of some not-so-exceptional gimmicks to put the player in difficulty. All in all, you might tolerate them, but they certainly keep them from excelling.

Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey is a good JRPG with solid gameplay mechanics and a very large world map that offers a lot of more content than the previous games did.

WWE '13 is basically the same game Yuke's delivers each and every year on Wii. A few minor changes aren't enough to justify the purchase.

Contra Anniversary Collection offers a decent selection of classic episodes, even though there are several alternative versions of the same games.

A.O.T. 2: Final Battle upgrades the original edition with several new missions based on the third season of the anime, new weapons and an interesting new game mode, but it's a bit expensive and also comes with the same old flaws.

Far from being the braindead musou we have learned to expect and love, Fire Emblem Warriors is not just a Hyrule Warriors reskin either but a new, exciting take at the genre. The strategy elements work wonderfully and add layers of depth to a spin-off which captures the spirit of the Fire Emblem franchise surprisingly well.

It's short and simple, but Kamiko is a good action adventure that is worth every cent of its price and even more.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a reminiscent of the old school survival horror with some modern mechanics from the new Resident Evil. The plot is a little stereotypical, but the game has seductive sounds and atmosphere.

It's not the most original game out there, but with its gorgeous graphics and solid gameplay, Fibble is a fun and cute action-puzzle.

If you are in search of a good platform puzzle game, A Pixel Story is the game for you.

The Twin Stick Shooter by Neon Giant is a successful work but lacks in level design and RPG elements.

Rock of Ages rocks! It's a fantastic game with stunning graphics!

One of the greatest and most significant strategic j-RPG for consoles arrives on PC.

John Wick Hex is a fun tie-in that fall on depth and progression in mechanics, never managing to win the heart of the player.

Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac is the second chapter of a broader recovery operation, one aimed at reviving the main installments of the franchise in three dimensions and making them accessible once again, enriched with a technical sector worthy of modern times and enough additional content to spark the interest of a wide audience (or at least not to disappoint it, since the comparison with contemporary video games arises spontaneously). In this case, the developers at Now Production have done a good job, introducing into the main structure a whole series of improvements, variations, and aesthetic additions that, in most cases, have benefitted it. The game itself remains what it was back then, with its strengths and weaknesses (among the latter, mainly a not-so-exciting level design and a constant sense of déjà vu). However, thanks to a fair price and the success of the modernization itself, we can’t help but recommend giving the yellow ball a chance.

Sonic Colors: Ultimate returns with a colorful remaster: but there are also many flaws as bad as Dr. Eggman.

It’s too expensive for its contents but the gameplay has several good improvements compared to FIFA 14.

Headlander is a metroidvania with a twist: you don't have a body, so you must take control of the many robots that surrounds you. Full of the typical Double Fine sense of humor, the game it's not bad, but could be boring in the long run.

Quotation forthcoming.

Samurai Warriors 5 renounces to amaze its audience, offering instead the same old gameplay of the series that gets very repetitive very soon. Those looking for the classic one-on-a-thousand Musou action will have bread for their teeth, however.

By the time it reaches its conclusion, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage feels like a missed opportunity. What begins with such a compelling and intriguing premise is rooted in a mystery that, over the course of the hours needed to complete the adventure, never becomes truly engaging, fails to surprise, and gradually loses its edge as the story unfolds. The game's real intention lies elsewhere: to tell the story of a friendship, a drama that is sadly human, and to explore a dual timeline, where past and present ultimately never truly connect. It could have been a powerful tale of coming-of-age and friendship, had it been written with more honesty.

Tecmo-Koei manages to bring back its DoA franchise in a way that appeals to both old school veterans and early adopters. Fast-paced action and great visuals help the title to fight its battle in the fiery genre competition.

Tokyo Jungle is a great idea taken down by a dull and repetitive gameplay that shows its limits just after a couple of hours.

Cities Skylines 2 is the city builder we've been waiting for: beautiful to look at, complex in its systems, extraordinary in the construction and planning tools offered. The genre has never offered anything better, and this is just beginning...

Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a solid reboot of the original game, with improved mechanics and a rich sandbox.

Virginia is a fascinating first person thriller adventure and a tribute to David Lynch surrealism. Variable State used strong editing and fine music to tell an ambitious story based on friendship and loyalty.

Quotation forthcoming.

Eador. Masters of the Broken World is Eador: Genesis with 3d graphics and a buggy multiplayer.

Despite the lack of options and rules customization, Sparc is physical, visceral and excitingly exhausting. One of the best competitive experience you can have in virtual reality.

Project Warlock is a simple yet fascinating tribute to the early 90's aesthetic and to immortal games like DooM and such.

Sonic Origins undoubtedly stands as the best collection of the SEGA series, thanks to a solid and careful remastering work, which enhances the original charm of the various episodes and the wonderful level design of some scenarios in particular, bringing us back to those summer days with the Mega Drive, a long time ago.

Children of Silentown works: it tells a good story, has some great moments and is characterized by a captivating visual style.

CYGNI: All Guns Blazing is a nice surprise, a flash of light in the darkness of a market that is all too domesticated and at the same time the passionate homage of a small Scottish team to the glorious and all-Japanese era of bullet hell-style shooters. Faithful to these prerogatives yet capable of introducing some interesting new elements, the game is completed quickly but only if you approach it in a distracted and superficial way: those who want to invest effort and energy will have it for several days.

Game of Thrones is the only Telltale saga since The Walking Dead that you don't want to miss. Hours of impossible choices and grief await you in the first five episodes. From the way things look so far, the ending can only be a terrifying doomsday.

A visual upgrade on the old-gen FIFA 21 with no loading times.

An interesting, unique FPS for rock music and roguelike games lovers.

The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon is a good DLC, which adds a few hours of gameplay to the base game, without rev the formula or having much new to say.

With All-Stars Battle Royale, SuperBot and Sony miss a great opportunity to properly celebrate the huge history of PlayStation. The game is fun and frantic, but it lacks of content and interesting unlockables.

Narita Boy is a spectacularly hand crafted experience that starts slowly to become a powerful and funny ride through a cathode-ray tube television from the 80s.

Shadow Warrior is a ten hour trip through blood and explosions enriched by a rich evolution system. Design and graphics are far from being perfect but if you love old-school shooters take this katana and go cut some monsters in half.

Zen Wars is an unusual strategy game with a distinct sense of humour. However, polished graphics and epic soundtrack come with flawed gameplay mechanics and a too short Campaign.

Pyro Jump is an immediate and fun action puzzler, but it's also a demanding one since you have to be very accurate in order to complete the later levels.

This is now a quite solid free to play which deserves all the attention it didn't last year, but it still is not The Elder Scrolls as we know it.

One Night in Karazhan brings new cards and new ideas for the players but heroic mode are too easy this time.

Railway Empire is really a good mix of strategy, building and managing simulation and this version for Nintendo Switch is a good port of it.

From a gameplay perspective, Gold Road is rich in interesting ideas and quests that differ from previous installments. The map is highly detailed, and exploring its countryside and incredible Ayleid ruins was enjoyable. The overall difficulty in the open world is slightly higher compared to the rest of the game world. Both World Bosses and World Events cannot be completed alone, not even with a max-level character; the presence of other players is crucial, which fortunately is never lacking. However, it's noticeable that the game's 10-year age shows, especially in quests where developers pushed the game's limits.

There isn’t a single aspect where Atomfall couldn’t have been better, but somehow, it grabs you till the end, as long as you’re willing to accept its noticeable flaws.

Even if classic football games represent a genre that is seriously hard to be adapted to the touch screen Fifa 11 is without any doubt the best, easily beating every other effort by the other companies.

Even on Wii, WWE '12 is incredibly rich in content, with two substantial game modes that will keep all the WWE fans of there entertained for weeks. However, the gameplay feels the same as ever and the graphics are very outdated.

Drox Operative is an interesting experiment that blends hack & slash and 4X genres. The result could have been deeper but it's fresh enough to deliver hours of fun.

This could be a real innovation in the runner games but in the end is just another title in the genre with marvelous visuals and audio.

The long-awaited single player campaign isn't satisfactory at all: The Red Solstice still gives its best in the praised cooperative mode, but nowadays servers aren't so populated like a year ago.

Marvel Rivals is another hero shooter which actually capitalizes on the license by actually understanding and translating effectively some of the most beloved heroes into a frantic third person shooting gameplay. It needs more balancing especially as far as competitive play is concerned and the lack of role lock is kind of annoying but NetEase cooked a performant and surprisingly well done package which might or not might survive the test of time: it all depends on the devs commitment at this point but there's a true potential to stand against the giants in the genre.

One Epic Knight delivers a solid, though not original, endless run experience. The game is packed with some nice graphics, simple touch controls and lots of items to use.

Despite an arcachic trial and error gameplay, Famicom Detective Club is your best chance to know two Nintendo classics.

Intuitive, amusing and full of personality, Army of Darkness Defense suffers from a bad difficulty curve: it's too easy for the most time and too difficult for the last three levels.

Cryptic let us explore again the Forgotten Realms with this free to play MMORPG but not everything works fine.

A good game overall, but without that innovations that have made great his predecessors.

Definitely better than last year's effort, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for PSP delivers great graphics, an excellent interface and a large number of game modes. Unfortunately there's no online multiplayer, the teams aren't up-to-date (but you can fix this manually) and some of the physics are questionable.

Nono Islands has some good ideas, but the overall experience is flawed by some design issues and some really annoying IAPs.

Elsweyr is somewhat interesting to veterans and true fans but lacks the wow factor we would have expected after Summerset and Morrowind. Also, dragons have become dull loot piñatas.

Thumbs up instead for the soundtrack, well packaged and inspired on the wings of a dreamy atmosphere, in line with the sentiment of Harvestella, so skillfully straddling fairy tale and reality.

Finally we have Rodrick, who alone keeps the hearth of the story pumping. Gared and Mira just slow down the rhythm and have no defined personalities. Nevertheless, at the end of The Lost Lords we want vengeance bad enough to be waiting for the next episode. And the return of Asher.

An independent first person shooter influenced by F.E.A.R. and Mirror's Edge. Frantic rhythms and bullet times in profusion for a short, intense and demanding experience, but not without some flaws.

Valiant Hearts: Coming Home is essentially a direct continuation of The Great War, almost an appendix. There's nothing new in gameplay terms, but its irresistible storytelling is still effective and its representation of war could have an educational result for young gamers.

An interesting adventure game with a slow pace and a nice atmosphere, that brings a breath of freshness to the series, thanks to the introduction of some new features in gameplay.

While it won't be remembered among the greatest JRPGs of all time, it will surely be among the best One Piece Games ever made, and while it's definitely not a high mountain to conquer, ILCA definitely did it with style, creating a solid game that will be liked by One Piece fans and JRPG aficionados alike.

Volgarr the Viking 2 is a great platform arcade, with some lacklustre choices.

The Nintendo levels are really good and differ from the main series, but the impossibility to upload your own stage is an heavy flaw.

Storyteller is a well made game with a strong sense of novelty which forces you to think but comes to an end too soon and sometimes isn't really clever how it should have been.

Mafia: Terra Madre is a clear return to the roots of the series, crafted by the skilled and inventive hands of the team at Hangar 13. It’s a linear action-adventure, built on open-world foundations that aim to strike the best possible balance in every aspect of its gameplay and technical performance. There's nothing truly innovative in its mechanics, nor anything particularly original in its mafia story, which leans heavily on cinematic overtones and is enriched by the classic clichés of the genre. That said, there’s no doubt the full package works: it offers exactly what one would expect from a production of this type, especially when you consider its production values and, most of all, the price it's being sold at. You run, you shoot, you hide, and you experience a solid, parabolic tale of a poor miner who climbs the ranks of a Cosa Nostra family over a dozen intense, enjoyable, and ultimately fun hours—even if never truly memorable.